I just posted elswhere, but here is a guy that filled his tranny with M1 engine oil on purpose.
https://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/Mot...nsmissions.aspx
https://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/Mot...nsmissions.aspx
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Originally Posted By: tig1
I just posted elswhere, but here is a guy that filled his tranny with M1 engine oil on purpose.
https://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/Mot...nsmissions.aspx
There`s some people on 3si.org that use M1 15W50 in the Getrag 6 speeds on their VR4`s.
I just posted elswhere, but here is a guy that filled his tranny with M1 engine oil on purpose.
https://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/Mot...nsmissions.aspx
There`s some people on 3si.org that use M1 15W50 in the Getrag 6 speeds on their VR4`s.
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Originally Posted By: tig1
I just posted elswhere, but here is a guy that filled his tranny with M1 engine oil on purpose.
https://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/Mot...nsmissions.aspx
Well, believe it or not, the manual from my old 88 Civic called for 10w-30 motor oil in the 5-spd manual trans. No reference to any specific MTF. I used 5w-30 M1 for several years (I was using it in the engine anyway), until the M1 10w-30 became easily available. That trans worked perfectly for over 10 years and 150k miles. Of course, times have changed, and there are some very good mission-specific MTFs out there.
I just posted elswhere, but here is a guy that filled his tranny with M1 engine oil on purpose.
https://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/Mot...nsmissions.aspx
Well, believe it or not, the manual from my old 88 Civic called for 10w-30 motor oil in the 5-spd manual trans. No reference to any specific MTF. I used 5w-30 M1 for several years (I was using it in the engine anyway), until the M1 10w-30 became easily available. That trans worked perfectly for over 10 years and 150k miles. Of course, times have changed, and there are some very good mission-specific MTFs out there.
10W-40 is still listed in the owners manual as an option if MTF is not available for the Honda S2000 gearbox.
Originally Posted By: JohnBrowning
She drove it 2 hours onthe HWY to the Dealership after the coolant light,temp light and check engine lights came on
Actual text from most GM owner's manuals:
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If your engine catches fire because you keep driving with no coolant, your vehicle can be badly damaged. The costly repairs would not be covered by your warranty.
Now we know why they need it.
She drove it 2 hours onthe HWY to the Dealership after the coolant light,temp light and check engine lights came on
Actual text from most GM owner's manuals:
Quote:
If your engine catches fire because you keep driving with no coolant, your vehicle can be badly damaged. The costly repairs would not be covered by your warranty.
Now we know why they need it.
Originally Posted By: MGregoir
Here is an honest question to make this more than just a joke, 75W-90 is basically straight 40 weight oil as far as kinematic viscosity, what properties would be so drastically different about it to cause that type of failure?
25 years ago I added a couple of quarts I had laying around as top up oil to my Twin- Cam Europa before I had the engine rebuilt. It was burning oil at the rate of a quart every 250 miles. I couldn't tell any difference from the 20W-50 that was the regular fill. I also usually added a couple of cans of STP in addition to the 20W-50 to increase the oil pressure.
I also topped up with some straight 60 wt and 70 wt race oil.
Heck, I even added some 140 wt gear oil!
Despite the high oil consumption and the very heavy oil the engine actually ran well once I changed the plugs to platinum which solved the oil fouling problem.
Even a freshly rebuilt engine used a quart ever 800 miles or so.
The engine has no valve guide seals which was not uncommon with engine designed back in the 50's and 60's.
Here is an honest question to make this more than just a joke, 75W-90 is basically straight 40 weight oil as far as kinematic viscosity, what properties would be so drastically different about it to cause that type of failure?
25 years ago I added a couple of quarts I had laying around as top up oil to my Twin- Cam Europa before I had the engine rebuilt. It was burning oil at the rate of a quart every 250 miles. I couldn't tell any difference from the 20W-50 that was the regular fill. I also usually added a couple of cans of STP in addition to the 20W-50 to increase the oil pressure.
I also topped up with some straight 60 wt and 70 wt race oil.
Heck, I even added some 140 wt gear oil!
Despite the high oil consumption and the very heavy oil the engine actually ran well once I changed the plugs to platinum which solved the oil fouling problem.
Even a freshly rebuilt engine used a quart ever 800 miles or so.
The engine has no valve guide seals which was not uncommon with engine designed back in the 50's and 60's.
Originally Posted By: ekpolk
The manual from my old 88 Civic called for 10w-30 motor oil in the 5-spd manual trans.
Yep. Same thing was recommended in the manual transaxle of my uncle's 87 Accord.
The manual from my old 88 Civic called for 10w-30 motor oil in the 5-spd manual trans.
Yep. Same thing was recommended in the manual transaxle of my uncle's 87 Accord.
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